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How do I create an Outlook vCard?
John Savill
December 21, 1999
1 Min Read
A. Microsoft Outlook supports the use of vCards, the Internetstandard for creating and sharing virtual business cards. In Outlook, as wellas other e-mail applications and personal information managers, you can save acontact as a vCard or save vCards sent in e-mail messages.
To create a vCard to be attached to all outgoing messages perform thefollowing under Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000:
Create a new contact in Contacts of what you want your expanded vCard to look like. Remember this will go to everyone you send mail to so don't include personal information such as home number, address unless you really want to!
From the Tools menu select Options
Select the 'Mail Format' tab
Click the 'Signature Picker..' button
Click New to create a new signature
Enter a name for the signature and click Next
Enter text to be displayed and click 'New vCard from Contact'
Select the contact and click Add. Click OK
Select the new vCard from the dropdown list and click OK
Click OK to the Signature Picker
Click OK to the main options dialog
All outgoing mail will now have your signature and vCard attached. (See also, "Outlook: Sending Multiple vCards" and "Outlook: Adding Notes to a Signature vCard").
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